I have been selling on ebay for just over one year and during this period I have witnessed an alarming number of fake Irish painting being offered for sale. An art forger will go to great lenghts to dupe you...
Oil paintings, water colours, acrylics, drawings both ancient and modern are all capable of being copied. The best way to recognise them is to learn how they are made. Our 1,300 page book on this subject...
So you've seen a painting listed and the description just mentions ever so casually that 'a friend said it looked like Munnings/Turner (or whoever) and, by coincidence, the first few initials of the grubby...
All the three pictures: left Kangxi; right Guangxu It is very subtle to tell the difference between Kangxi porcelain and Guangxu porcelain. They are both the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) production, althoug one is...
How to avoid fakes,and trouble buying and selling oil paintings The first thing to look out for is the quality of the picture, with the cameras available nowadays it is no excuse to enter a bad one, the...
In a fanfare of publicity, ebay announced on their website that they were against the sale of fake handbags. ( After beings fined £30 Million in court for selling them in the first instance ) But good old ebay...
The latest scam to hit ebay is the FAKE PAINTING scam. Encouraged by EBAY by allowing the sale of a chemical agent ( In the painting for sale section )which when coated over a print disguises its true worth. ...
Always, always buy art work that you like and set your budget! It's as easy to get carried away with auction fever at an on line auction as it is at a live one! You need to be careful as other guide writers...
Introduction eBay is a great place to become a collector of original art: nowhere else can you choose from such a wide range of styles, talents and prices. But where to start? The art world can seem...
Hi guys I have spent several years perfecting the knack to buying at car boots and reselling (whether it be at car boots or on eBay)So I thought I would write a quick, easy to read guide to help others do it...